p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;"Winifred/p
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p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" Ophelia and I sat down at the Slytherin table for dinner. The twins are still in the infirmary, their old age incident is definitely going to earn them a howler from Mum. She didn't send out many, especially to the twins because she knows how ridiculous their antics can be./p
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p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Aren't you a pretty little thing," he said in a low raspy voice. I shuddered as he moved his hand down towards my waist. I pushed his large hand away./p
p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Excuse me?" I asked in a cold tone. I was not about to be touched my some asshole./p
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p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Mate, didn't you hear her? Shut the fuck up before I make your life at Hogwarts a living hell," I turned my head and saw Draco from across the table. His eyebrows were furrowed and his eyes were angry when he was looking at the guy. He looked at me and his eyes softened./p
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p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "We can take this to the great hall, if you want?" Draco asked, a fire in his eyes. The Downstage boy grumbled and went back to talking over Ophelia to his friend. I made eye contact with Ophelia, she nodded, and we both rose from the table to leave. /p
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p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Yeah, I just really hope that fucker puts his name in and gets picked and then burned alive in the first task," I exclaimed. I took a deep breath. "I think I'll just need to be alone for a little bit." Ophelia nodded./p
p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Okay, I'll be in the infirmary checking up on the twins if you need anything okay?" I nodded and she started to walk towards the infirmary. I headed towards the common room./p
p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Winifred?" I turned around and there was Draco, standing over me./p
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p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "What are you doing tonight? I don't want you walking around these halls alone for a while..." he said, his fingers feeling the silk of my robe./p
p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "I was just going to go to bed," I stated. Draco shook his head./p
p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "No. It's only six o'clock. How about we study for our potions test tomorrow?" he asked./p
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p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "No, why don't we go now?" he asked, removing his hand from my shoulder. "Everyone's busy right now," he said with a smile that just made me melt inside./p
p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Fine." I turned and started to walk to the library. It caught Draco off guard as he had to job to keep up with my first couple steps. /p
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p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Tell me," I started, "what ingredients do you use to make a shrinking solutions?" I asked Draco as he frantically looked through his text book. I closed it on his finger./p
p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Ow, what was that for?" he asked while pulling his finger out from between the pages./p
p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "No cheating! You're supposed to know this off the top of your head," I retorted. Draco rolled his eyes./p
p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Fine... I would put in daisy root... wormwood... and dragon scales?" he asked. I shook my head now./p
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p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "That's rubbish," Draco stated with a frown. I shrugged./p
p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "You know Snape, everything has to precise," I commented. I felt his knee brush against mine and a soft blush creeped up onto my cheeks. I shook it off and went back to my reading./p
p style="line-height: 1.7em; color: #222222; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fefefe; clear: none !important;" "Winifred-"/p
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